{"id":8717,"date":"2014-11-20T14:18:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T14:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=8717"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:01:03","slug":"20th-cebtury-evolution-of-the-eagle-a-farthing-penny-called-the-donkey-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/11\/20\/20th-cebtury-evolution-of-the-eagle-a-farthing-penny-called-the-donkey-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"20th Century Evolution of the HiWheel Eagle &#8211; a Farthing Penny called the Donkey Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v76DaBrqfR0\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is a 2014 Italian version of the\u00a0Donkey Bike:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-3.28.54-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8722\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/11\/20\/20th-cebtury-evolution-of-the-eagle-a-farthing-penny-called-the-donkey-bike\/screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-3-28-54-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-3.28.54-PM.png?fit=615%2C544&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"615,544\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2014-11-20 at 3.28.54 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-3.28.54-PM.png?fit=615%2C544&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8722 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-3.28.54-PM-600x530.png?resize=600%2C530\" alt=\"Screen shot 2014-11-20 at 3.28.54 PM\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-3.28.54-PM.png?resize=600%2C530&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-3.28.54-PM.png?w=615&amp;ssl=1 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.magicretro.com\/home-en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web site<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a 2014 Italian version of the\u00a0Donkey Bike: Web site &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,6,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eagle","category-recumbent","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-2gB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5549,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/06\/16\/eagle-at-co-mayo-bike-week-photo-op\/","url_meta":{"origin":8717,"position":0},"title":"Eagle at Co Mayo Bike Week Photo Op","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 16, 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